Go-cart



PATENTED JAN.I5, 1904,

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1903.

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Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. SOUTHARD, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GO-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,994, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed September 21, 1903. Serial No. 173,983. (No model.)

locking member to hold the others folded and so that the parts will fold into a small space. To this end the invention consists in the particular arrangement and combination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described,

and shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same in its folded position; Fig. 3, a sectional detail showing the manner in which the sides are attached to the seat, and

Fig. 4 a sectional detail showing the manner of attaching the foot-rest.

Ais the folding running-gear of the ordinary construction, to which the vertically-extending pusher-bars B are secured at their lower ends and to which the seat 0 is pivotally attached at its rear edge by securing to its sides suitable brackets G, which are pivotally attached at O to the running-gear, the seat being supported at its forward edge by a rod 0 on the running-gear engaging slots in said brackets.

D represents the sides or side arms, which are pivotally attached to the outer sides of the pusher-bars by the pivot-pins D or other suitable means and are slidingly connected at their lower edges to the sides of the seat by securing at. their ends to the lower edges of said side arms suitable guide-rods D which extend parallel with the edges and at a distance therefrom, and projecting into openings in the edges of the seat are suitable pins D having heads provided each with an opening to receive the rods and slide thereon. The lower edge of each side arm to which the the seat is folded up adjacent to the pusherbars the pins D will slide along the rods and turn the side arms on their pivots D to the position shown in Fig. 2, said side arms and rods being formed with an abrupt bend at D, so that when the device is fully folded said bend forms a locking-shoulder which rests on the pin D and holds the sides in their folded position. The pins D are free to turn,

so that the bends in the rods will not interfere with their passing through the heads.

E is a back secured between the pusher bars, and F is a foot-rest pivotally attached to the forward end of the seat 0 by providing the seat with eyes F, which embrace the round cross-bar F of the foot-rest frame, which frame is formed substantially U shape and provided with rearwardly-extending projections F to engage the lower side of the seat and hold the foot-rest extended in the position shown in Fig. 1 when the cart is in position for use. The foot-rest is of such a width that when the device is folded said rest may be turned or hooked over the back E between the pusher-bars, and thus the seat and consequently all of the parts are held in their folded position by the engagement of the footrest with the back and the parts are folded into the smallest possible compass. The side arms are pivotally secured to the outer side of the pusher-bars, so that when folded said arms will lie parallel with and adjacent to said bars, and the seat is narrow enough to fold inside of these arms. The back E may be a stationary back, as shown, or it may be an ordinary adjustable back, which will also be held in position by the foot-rest when the cart is folded.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and back, of a seat pivoted at its rear edge to fold up adjacent to the front side of the back, and a substantially U-shaped foot-rest pivoted to the front side of the seat, whereby the foot-rest forms a hook-shaped member to engage the upper end of the back and lock the parts in their folded position.

2. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars, of a back secured between said bars, a seat pivoted at its rear edge to fold up adjacent to the forward too side of the back, and a substantially U shaped foot-rest of lesser width than the distance between the pusher-bars pivoted at one edge to the forward edge of the seat to be turned over the upper end of the back between said bars and engage said end within its curved side.

3. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and back, of a seat pivoted to turn up adjacent to the back, and sides pivoted to the pusher-bars and slidingly attached to the seat to turn therewith to a vertical position adjacent to said bars.

4. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and back, ofa seat pivoted to turn up adjacent to the back, sides pivoted to the pusher-bars, guide-rods on said sides, and pins on said seat slidably engaging the rods.

5. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and back, of a seat pivoted to turn up adjacent to the back, sides pivoted to the pusher-bars at a distance above the seat-pivot, guide-rods secured to the lower edges of the sides and formed with an abrupt bend, and pins projecting from the sides of the seat to slidably engage said rods.

6. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and back, of a seat pivoted to turn up adjacent to the back, sides pivoted to the bars and slidingly connected to the seat, and a foot-rest pivotally attached to the front edge of the seat and adapted to be hooked over the back when the cart is folded to hold the seat and sides in their folded positions.

7. In a folding body for go-carts, the combination with the pusher-bars and a back between said bars, of a seat pivoted at its rear side to turn up adjacent to the back, sides pivoted to the outer sides of the pusher-bars at a distance above the seat-pivot, guide-rods secured to and extending parallel with the lower edges of the sides and formed with abrupt bends, pins projecting from the sides of said seat and having heads provided with openings to receive said rods, a U-shaped foot-rest, eyes secu red to the forward side of the seat to engage and pivotally secure the foot-rest thereto, and projections on said footrest to engage the lower side of the seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. SOUTHARD.

Witnesses:

B. L. BOYER, CLARA STANBURY. 

